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Russian military bases shown on the Newslyfe map — location, type, affiliations, and capabilities.

Russian military bases

Russian bases shown on the Newslyfe map include domestic facilities, bases in post-Soviet states, and overseas access points such as Syria.

Bases

Khmeimim Air Base

Russian air base near Latakia, Syria.

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Baikonur Cosmodrome

World's oldest spaceport, on Kazakh territory leased to Russia until 2050.

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4th Guards Military Base

Russia's main garrison in South Ossetia, Georgia's Russian-backed breakaway region.

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7th Military Base

Russia's main garrison in Abkhazia, Georgia's Russian-backed breakaway region on the Black Sea.

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102nd Military Base

Russia's primary garrison in Armenia, in Gyumri — its last major military foothold in the country.

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Baranavichy Radar Station

Russian-operated early-warning radar on leased Belarusian territory, near Hantsavichy.

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Kant Air Base

Russian-operated airfield in Kyrgyzstan, the aviation hub of the CSTO's rapid-deployment forces.

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201st Military Base

Russia's largest permanent military installation outside its own territory, split between Dushanbe and Bokhtar.

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3624th Air Base

Russia's only combat aviation foothold in the South Caucasus, at Erebuni Airport near Yerevan.

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Operational Group of Russian Forces

Russia's unrecognized military presence in Transnistria, the breakaway strip of Moldova.

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Sary-Shagan Test Range

Vast anti-ballistic missile and air-defense test range on Lake Balkhash, Kazakhstan.

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Shayrat Air Base

Syrian airfield southeast of Homs, target of a 2017 U.S. missile strike after briefly hosting Russian aircraft.

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Tartus Naval Base

Russia's Mediterranean naval foothold in Syria, leased for decades, now in flux after Assad's fall.

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Tiyas Air Base (T4)

Syria's largest airbase, a strategic crossroads with a shifting history of foreign military use.

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Vileyka VLF Transmitter

Russian Navy submarine-communications facility on Belarusian soil, built in 1964.

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